Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-09-02
CHITTENDEN COUNTY FAIR.
FIRST EXHIBITION OF THE REORGAN-
lZED SOCIETY AT DUNBAR'S PARK.
An huspicious Opening Yesterday-The
Show of stock Fine and other De-
partments Well Filled-The
Races Yesterday 4 fternoon.


Races Yesterday Afternoon
M. .,..,,,od
Inc lrso annual lalr Oh 'ne reorSaiiiNeu
Chittenden County Agricultural society !
opened yesterday at the Burlington and |
Winooski driving park under the most
anspicious circumstance, The weather
s s ,t' ~ atne,-
was hne and the entries OF STOCK
came in rapidly, so that the &C
commodations which the officers
Thought wonld he annie for all stock pre
800, s, o,.,i,it;o,, ,,,ano to,a1 to +i,oir
sehueu lor eNhipl'loh were 'aAeu 10 tiie'r
utmost, and IT was necessary to hire
buildings outside of the grounds. A large
force of mon were at work all dav putting
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NY ipo,''s "0oo''i.i0,',,.'ous.
Naturally the most attractive place TO
the ladies is Floral Hall, where is displayed
on one side the handiwork of many nimble
1ngars CONSISTING of beautiful silk ouilts
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I'D ,,ori, IN or,hrnidory bonsiroton
and oraeana work The bail will he mncb
more attractive to-day than Yesterday.
owing to the large number of articles to
be added to the display this morning;
80" ;., ,.o,o.IIo oa 5 JN Co., mai' 90 ",e
aI'1,' ~. H,,nlay in frnit il an attractive
one and is especially noticeable for the
many varieties shown. Among the ex-
hbitors and exhibits are j. Il. q Il. +;
Tracy, Shelbnrn, % varieties apples aud
% of pears Hood ~ kldder, Wlnooskl, %
! varieties of apples; u. w. whitney OF
Milton, 20 varieties OF apples and OF
pears; f. V. Prior OF South Bur
! lington, several varieties OF apples,
pears and grapes and also butter;
| Henry BiXby, Essex, potatoes ana vege-
tables of various kinds; +. V. Prior, South
| Burlington, butter Il. w. whitney OF
| Wllllston, cheese, butter ana maple
sugar, the two latter articles put up III At
tractive packages q. Il. Barstow, south
Burlington, corn and vegetables of various
kinds; H. b. Percival, Jericho, IA varieties
of vegetables, also maple sugar and corn
l., J. Chaplin, Williston, grapes.
The superintendent OF the hall has had
requests for space much beyond the capa,
city OF the onildlng, demonstratlnS the
necessity of building larger before the
next fair
THE HORSES.
rho sho,v in boroes 10 laroe exceodi,c,
ne sue" III nol9ea 10 l"'se' eNoee'''uS
many fine animals are on the grounds.
na NE U't VI Of tho wbnIs oxbihitior
p"' Ivy " fan,n ~
are the horses III immature rom Une
Lydia Stock farm in South Burlington,
SHOWN by MIS-. II. IltTSOl. tJuetu
Ressie. with colt a few DAYS old by her
side, is an imported full blooded Shetland
snd stands ~ inches high, King Harry,
a black stallion. il also imported
stands ~ inches and is a nerfect renre,
sentative of the horse kind with his bean
tifulIv arched neck. heavy name and tail.
and showing ali the other points of the
thoroughhred Oneen Adelila il a little
orav Exmoor nonv, standing II hands
high. and next to her is shown another
horst ~ immature llolii one isie vi man
Among the others shown were w. b.
McCrae' Colchester, mare and colt. and =
Sea' -o,n Goi. ' III VIZ tii, ~,
mare and colt and one yearling John
Holmes 81 Sons, Charlotte, two
mares and colts George Malaney
Jericho, one Lambert yearling colt
j. j: Early, Jericho, mare and yearling
,. NJ Palmer, = nderhlll, mare ana colt
T.; n; treason, ndernIll, mare ana colu
VI w w Oo,INoitI' y iicl Hili, mare anu
, colt w. H. Lee, Jericho, mustang stall
= lion; A r. Robinson, Colchester mare
and colt; A. w. Howard, Colchester mare
and colt W. H. Severance, Col
l chester, stallion; c. f. Morrison
' Colchester, one driver ; II. A. Brig
= nam, Burlington, l Two year old stallion
". A. Weed Shelburn, 1 stallion : A. c
e Hinesburgh, 2-year-old colt; G. d. Leon